"I could understand benching him for performance reasons for part of the game," Bedard said. "Sitting him for the entire game when people are getting toasted on defense? I'm sorry, that just doesn't add up, and it's not a good enough explanation."

So what does Bedard think happened?

"I believe that, at some point in time, he was told that he was not starting, that he was not in certain backages, that he wasn't going to play a ton, and he must have said something to somebody," he said. "I don't blame him--he had earned the right to play in the Super Bowl for all he's done with this team. Bill Belichick felt otherwise, it's his team, he's entitled to do that, but Malcolm's human, and if he popped off, that happens. But there's no other explanation other than something else went on for him to sit for the entire Super Bowl."

Kaufman and Bedard also discussed what's going to happen with Butler and the team going forward.

Hear the rest of Kaufman and Bedard's conversation here:

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Adam Kaufman is the morning drive sports anchor and a multimedia journalist for the Marconi Award-winning WBZ-AM NewsRadio 1030. Since joining the station in 2012, he's had the opportunity to cover multiple Super Bowls, Boston Marathons, and...Read more